In April 1728, he and a partner were granted a six year lease to dig clay in the city of Albany.

Perhaps following the death of his father by 1728, these Vandenberghs lived in the third ward where Wilhelmus was named firemaster in 1731 and
a freeholder in 1742 and
in 1763. He was known as
a
mason and was compensated by the
city government for services provided.

In September 1743, The city government was improving Albany's fortifications
and sought to acquire some of his Albany land. Wilhelmus declined and
the council ordered the land to be appraised as Vandenbergh refused to
sell it at a reasonable price. The results are not known.

In 1748, his house and lot in the third ward was described in the will of Dirck Ten Broeck. In May 1749, he was named co-executor of his brother's estate.

Wilhelmus Vandenbergh lived into the 1760s when his modest third ward holdings were valued on city assessment
rolls. After that, his name dropped from community-based resources.